(a) New Installation. From the effective date of this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any alarm system to be installed in Lower Chichester Township without first registering such system with the Police Department and paying the required fee prescribed by this chapter and or any fee which the Township Commissioners may hereinafter impose by resolution.
(b) Existing Installation. Within ninety days from the effective date of this chapter, every alarm system located within the Township shall be registered with the Police Department. Registration and payment of the required fee shall be the responsibility of the owner, user, or lessee of the alarm system and/or the premises.
(c) Limitation of Liability. Lower Chichester Township, its officers, employees, police and the Lower Chichester Volunteer Company, its officers, volunteers, and employees, assume no liability for responding to or not responding to an alarm. The owner, user, lessee or tenant of the premises agrees to hold harmless, the Township, its officers, employees, police and the Lower Chichester Volunteer Fire Company, its officers, volunteers and employees, from any and all damage and liability to persons and or property, both real and or personal located outside or inside the said premises which may be harmed, damaged and/or destroyed as a result of responding to an alarm, whether true or false, and from entering, inspecting, investigating or exiting the premises, even if forcibly. This shall appear above the signature lines on the application.
(d) Application. Every application shall be signed by the installer, and the owner, user or lessee of the system if a new installation and by the owner, user and lessee of the alarm system if an existing installation. Application forms for the registration of the alarm system shall be made available by the Police Department and shall require the following minimum information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of both the alarm user and property owner.
(2) The address where the alarm system is installed and the telephone number at that location.
(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the alarm system supplier.
(4) The name, address, and telephone number of a person or firm who is authorized to respond immediately to the emergency or false alarm and to gain access to the alarm system, and who is available on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week, to respond for service or maintenance and to correct malfunctions as they may occur.
(5) The name, address, and telephone number of a person or firm who is authorized to respond immediately to the emergency or false alarm in order to gain access to the alarm system, and who is available on a twenty-four hour basis, seven days a week, to respond when the alarm system is activated.
(6) The type of system (i.e. holdup, burglary, fire, or other emergency).
(7) Any other information which shall be required by the Police Department.
(8) The application form shall contain the limitation of liability.
(e) Updates. If there is any change in the alarm system ownership tenancy or entities and persons who are required to be listed under subsection (d) hereof, then a new application must be submitted by the responsible party under this chapter and the appropriate fee paid.
(Ord. 2003-08. Passed 5-19-03.)